The Unnamed Prospects #5 is a gold and silver mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 7,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,549 Feet (2,301 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 38.71417, -116.97611
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Unnamed Prospects #5 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects #5
Secondary: Charles Property ?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Manganese
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Jefferson Canyon District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Yes; Silicification; Talcose Alteration
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES CARRIED A TRACE TO 0.1 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: 4.4 TO 75 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LARGE AREA OF NUMEROUS PROSPECTS ON NORTH SLOPE OF JEFFERSON CANYON JUST BELOW CONFLUENCE OF SAWMILL CANYON WITH JEFFERSON CANYON (CARPER DESCRIBES A "CHARLES PROPERTY" ADJOINING KANROHAT TO THE NORTH, WHICH WOULD BE IN ABOUT THIS AREA)? ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)
Comment (Development): 2 CLAIMS ON CHARLES PROPERTY
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ-VEINED ALTERED SHEAR ZONE. VEINS ANASTOMOSE, AND, WHERE JOINED SWELL TO AS MUCH AS 5 FT. THICK. MAY BE ALONG CONTINUATION OF THE SIERRA NEVADA, OR KANROHAT VEIN (3 PARALLEL FLAT VEINS)
Comment (Geology): MN-OXIDE-COATED QUARTZ, LOCAL CALCITE MATRIX, AND SECONDARY COPPER MINERALS NOTED.
Comment (Workings): LARGE SURFACE OPENINGS TO ABOUT 30FT X 30FT EXTEND DOWNWARD AT GENTLE DIPS (10-15 NE) INTO SIMILARLY INCLINED DRIFTS; MAIN SHAFT 200 FT. DEEP WITH DRIFTS ON 50 AND 100-FT LEVELS. OTHER SMALL SURFACE WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): KLEINHAMPL, F.J. AND ZIONY, J.I., (IN PRESS), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: NBMG BULL.
Reference (Deposit): CARPER, A.F., 1920, REPORT ON THE CHARLES PROPERTY, JEFFERSON CANYON, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA: UNPUBLISHED REPORT ON FILE AT NBMG; FILE 247, NO. 1.
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
